The goal of the Clean Fuels Fund is to overcome the barrier of the upfront capital investment that industry requires to develop new clean fuel production facilities and increase capacity.

The “Indigenous-Led Projects” stream of the Clean Fuels Fund provides Indigenous-led projects with cost-shared, conditionally repayable funding, with the aim of helping build new clean fuel production facilities or retrofit/expand existing ones in Canada.

Additionally, the fund provides non-repayable funding for feasibility studies, basic engineering studies and detailed front-end engineering studies for new facilities, expansions or conversions of existing facilities.

ELIGIBILITY:

Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada (including not-for-profit and for-profit organizations) that can demonstrate a minimum of 50% Indigenous ownership.

FUNDING:

For capital projects, the Program will provide up to 50% of total project costs up to a maximum of $50M

For studies, the Program will provide up to 75% of total project costs up to a maximum of $5M

DEADLINE:

Intake for this program is ON-GOING. The program has the authority to close the intake at any time, such as when the program has received more completed applications than funds available.

GWAII INSIGHTS:

As this stream of the Clean Fuels Fund is focused solely on Indigenous communities and businesses, we strongly encourage early uptake and planning. Since applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, we recommend starting as soon as possible to maximize your chances of success. They have provided a list of projects that have been funded previously – we recommend Nation representatives review these before starting the application process.